Balloon Art and the Mysterious Nature of Joy | Addi Somekh | TEDxPaloAlto

[@tamasemo7944]

Addi is a treasure and I'm very grateful to say I was in his class at UC Santa Cruz. Alofa!

[@tburn7435]

Strong Patch Adams vibes

[@cyndraperez6295]

So articulate and poignant. Marvelous.

[@jacqjacq0]

Thank you for enlightening us on how balloons are a universal creator of joy. Keep going!

[@suzannebennett876]

I have fond memories of Addi spreading joy when we were in high school together.

[@joshchaffin3267]

great work, brother. To the Union.

[@dooleydavid9999]

ADDI=A-mazing D-ude D-o I-nspire. Addi you are the epitome of love,joy and happiness. Your lecture is really one of the best ever. You have touched all important aspects of what happiness is about. the main point is making other people be happy by simply laughing. And it is known that when we laugh we put more air into our lungs . More air means more energy.Of course balloon are worthless without air and life is impossible without it as well.Having such a great thing in common, makes you think that:LIFE=L-augh I-s F-riendly E- ncounter. And living can be LIFE=L-iving(Laughing) I-s F-or E-verybody. As yoyu may remember I myselfe a balloon twister that make balloons according to people's names and I'm in the process of prepapring my lecture about poeples names and the connection to their to it.Your lecture is a tramendous encouragement to me . BIG THX GREAT DUDE. LOVE YOU

[@inflatableplanet]

Dank you Dooley - It means a lot!

[@dooleydavid9999]

Very exciting to know.THX

[@michaelsauls1142]

That was great Addi! I have totally seen this when ever I make balloons.

[@ballongeventbyra1260]

Your Balloon Hat Site was one of the first I came across when starting out professionally, and I loved it!

[@74melodee]

Surprise and Delight indeed!!! Thank you so much for all of this JOY.

[@wawballoons8713]

loved every bit of it Addi. Happiness is being able to call you my friend. Joy is every minute we already spend together. Cheers, Luc

[@inflatableplanet]

Thank you Luc ! I appreciate you

[@skyeleone6581]

Well done Addi! Bravo!

[@pearlobrien1204]

I’m so proud of you because you are so articulate and wise and funny. Just as you were as the author of the book about Mary, early founder of UC Santa Cruz. Pearl😘

[@inflatableplanet]

Thank you Pearl!

[@michelgellad8666]

Addddddi!!! You're the man!!

[@DUBROBOT]

Great! Amazing and Amazing!!!!!!!

[@robertcroxtonjr.7623]

addi, you're the most awesomest balloon twisters ever. i love the way you bring smiles and laughter to grown ups and kids faces. i do balloon art too, but just as a hobby. what is the most requested balloon character or animal that kids ask for?

[@tinkerfran]

Addi! Beautiful talk. and you are way cooler that you revealed. You did not mention that you used balloons to craft yourself into a musician! By the way, I have a painting for you...

[@sunsail]

Superficial momentary joy is a mere tickling of DELIGHT, not deep or forever meaningful joy. He's selling his own embellished fanciful exaggeration of a cheaply forged & fast-fading clown skill - which is not real joy; but just fickle & fading hoopla fun amusement. ( Even clowns do it much better! ) It's really a bit of momentary gladdening bozo entertainment is all. Bozo clown amusement skills are fickle merriment, not real joy. Hope most know the genuine difference. As usual, many egotists overly glorify their life with elevated honorable majesty & splendor unjustifiably for self-glorification. His high self ( joy-maker ) beliefs are just a fake self perception which doesn't necessarily mirror the truth. He's too ego full of himself, so he reinforces that narcissistic delusional behavior to reinforce more recognition. Epictetus: " It is impossible to learn that which one thinks one already knows." Having clear-headed purpose is better than passionate egos craving validation. Humility is the antidote to pride. Many should stop telling themselves a story, as there is no grand narrative. Forget credit & recognition. The endless stream of self-aggrandizement & toxic ego specialness in thinking is excessive self-absorption for obsessing over one's image. A higher purpose - is - much more than playing the image game. Bozo clown skills are just bozo clown skills.

[@marcusliddell]

Geez you must be fun at parties and full of joy

[@wendybricht2577]

You really missed the point, I feel. The balloons as he said, are just a tool leading to the point of contact in the delight. The Joy is in the human connection. I wonder what you would espouse instead? So easy to criticize, isn’t it? He works for major corporations, doing work to engage and encourage their employees to cooperate and communicate, FYI. He didn’t toot that horn, though, did he.